A family-owned winery claims the economic downturn has helped one portion of its business. When times get tough, more people return to church and that means an increase in one of the vinyards specialties: sacramental wines.

In the June 5 San Gabriel edition of The Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, reporter Janis Nelson takes a look at how business is booming for one of the nation’s largest producers of sacramental wines. Read about the fortunes of the St. Anthony Winery run by the Riboli family in “When going gets tough, (altar) wine gets flowing.” Shown at left are family members Anthony and Steve Riboli. (Photo by Paula Doyle)